Ezekiel 40:3-42:20 — Legacy Standard Bible

³So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of ^abronze, with a ^bline of flax and a ^cmeasuring ¹rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. ⁴And the man spoke to me, “^aSon of man, ^bsee with your eyes, hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. ^cDeclare to the house of Israel all that you are seeing.”

The East Gate

⁵And behold, there was a ^awall on the outside of the house of Yahweh all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a ¹cubit and a ²handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the ³wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. ⁶Then he went to the gate which faced ^aeast, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod ¹in width; and the other threshold was one rod ²in width. ⁷The ^aguardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate ¹facing inward was one rod. ⁸Then he measured the porch of the gate ¹facing inward, one rod. ⁹He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was ¹faced inward. ¹⁰The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. ¹¹And he measured the width of the entrance of the gate, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. ¹²There was a ¹barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. ¹³He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite. ¹⁴He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the ^acourtyard. ¹⁵From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. ¹⁶There were ¹^,^ashuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were ^bpalm tree ornaments.

The Outer Court Chambers

¹⁷Then he brought me into the ^aouter court, and behold, there were ^bchambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers ¹faced the pavement. ¹⁸The pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the ¹side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. ¹⁹Then he measured the width from the front of the ^alower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, ¹one ^bhundred cubits on the east and on the north.

The North Gate

²⁰As for the ^agate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. ²¹¹It had three ^aguardrooms on each side; and its ^bside pillars and its porches ²had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was ³^,^cfifty cubits and the width ^dtwenty-five cubits. ²²Its ^awindows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the ^bgate which faced toward the east; and ¹it was reached by seven ^csteps, and its ²porch was in front of them. ²³The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured one ^ahundred cubits from gate to gate.

The South Gate

²⁴Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a ^agate toward the south; and he measured its ^bside pillars and its porches according to ¹those same measurements. ²⁵¹The gate and its porches had ^awindows all around like ²those other windows; the length was ^bfifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. ²⁶There were seven ^asteps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had ^bpalm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side. ²⁷The inner court had a gate toward the ^asouth; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one ^bhundred cubits.

The Inner Court Gates

²⁸Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate ^aaccording to those same measurements. ²⁹Its ^aguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its ^bporches were according to those same measurements. And ¹the gate and its porches had ^cwindows all around; it was ^dfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁰There were ^aporches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. ³¹Its porches were toward the outer court; and ^apalm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight ^bsteps.

³²Then he brought me into the ^ainner court toward the east. And he measured the gate ^baccording to those same measurements. ³³Its ^aguardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And ¹the gate and its porches had ^bwindows all around; it was ^cfifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁴Its ^aporches were toward the outer court; and ^bpalm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ^csteps.

³⁵Then he brought me to the ^anorth gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, ³⁶with its ^aguardrooms, its side pillars, and its ^bporches. And ¹the gate had ^cwindows all around; the length was ^dfifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. ³⁷Its side pillars were toward the outer court; and ^apalm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight ^bsteps.

³⁸A ^achamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they ^brinse the burnt offering. ³⁹In the porch of the gate were two ^atables on each side, on which to slaughter the ^bburnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. ⁴⁰On the outer ¹side, ²as one went up to the entrance of the gate toward the north, were two tables; and on the other ³side of the porch of the gate were two tables. ⁴¹Four ^atables were on each side ¹next to the gate; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. ⁴²For the burnt offering there were four ^atables of ^bcut stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide, and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the ^cburnt offering and the sacrifice. ⁴³The double ¹hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed ²in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering.

The Chambers for the Priests

⁴⁴From the outside to the ^ainner gate were ¹^,^bchambers for the ^csingers in the inner court, one of which was at the ²side of the north gate, with ³its front toward the south, and one at the ⁴side of the ⁵south gate facing toward the north. ⁴⁵Then he said to me, “This is the ^achamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who ^bkeep the responsibility of the house; ⁴⁶but the ^achamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who ^bkeep the responsibility of the altar. These are the ^csons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi ^dcome near to Yahweh to minister to Him.” ⁴⁷He measured the court, a perfect square, one ^ahundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.

The Porch

⁴⁸Then he brought me to the ^aporch of the house and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. ⁴⁹The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the ^astairway by which it was ascended were ^bcolumns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side.

The Nave

41Then he ^abrought me to the ¹^,^bnave and measured the ^cside pillars; ²six cubits wide on each side was the width of the ³side pillar. ²The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the ¹sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured ²the length of the nave, ³^,^aforty cubits, and the width, ^btwenty cubits.

The Holy of Holies

³Then he went ¹^,^ainside and measured each ^bside pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. ⁴He measured its length, ^atwenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the ^bnave; and he said to me, “This is the ^cHoly of Holies.”

The Wall, Side Chambers, and West Building

⁵Then he measured the wall of the house of Yahweh, six cubits; and the width of the ^aside chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side. ⁶^aThe side chambers were in three stories, ¹one above another, and ²thirty in each story; and ³the side chambers ^bextended to the wall which stood on ⁴their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the house itself. ⁷The side chambers surrounding the house were wider at each successive story. Because the ^astructure surrounding the house went upward by stages on all sides of the house, therefore the width of the house increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the ¹second story. ⁸I saw also that the house had a raised ¹platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of ²^,^asix ³long cubits in height. ⁹The ¹thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the ^afree space between the side chambers belonging to the house ¹⁰and the outer ^achambers was twenty cubits in width all around the house on every side. ¹¹The ¹doorways of the ²side chambers toward the ^afree space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the place of the ^bfree space was five cubits all around.

¹²The ^abuilding that was in front of the ^bseparate area at the side toward the west was ¹seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits ²thick all around, and its length was ³ninety cubits.

The Measurements of the Building

¹³Then he measured the house, ¹one ^ahundred cubits long; the ^bseparate area with the ^cbuilding and its walls were also one ^dhundred cubits long. ¹⁴Also the width of the front of the house and that of the separate ¹areas along the east side totaled one hundred cubits.

¹⁵He measured the length of the ^abuilding ¹along the front of the ^bseparate area behind it, with a ²^,^cgallery on each side, one hundred cubits, along with the inner nave and the porches of the court.

Carvings and Furnishings

¹⁶The ^athresholds, the ¹^,^blatticed windows, and the ²^,^cgalleries round about their ^dthree stories, opposite the threshold, were ^epaneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), ¹⁷over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. ¹⁸It was ¹carved with ^acherubim and ^bpalm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, ¹⁹a ^aman’s face toward the palm tree on one side and a young ^blion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were ¹carved on all the house all around. ²⁰From the ground to above the entrance ^acherubim and ^bpalm trees were ¹carved, as well as on the wall of the nave.

²¹The ^adoorposts of the ^bnave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. ²²The ^aaltar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its ¹base, and its ²sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the ^btable that is before Yahweh.” ²³The ^anave and the ^bsanctuary each had a double ^cdoor. ²⁴Each of the doors had two leaves, two ¹^,^aswinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. ²⁵Also there were ¹carved on them, on the doors of the nave, ^acherubim and ^bpalm trees like those ²carved on the walls; and there was a ^ccanopy of wood over the front of the porch outside. ²⁶There were ¹^,^alatticed windows and ^bpalm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the ^cporch; thus were the ^dside chambers of the house and the canopies.

The Chambers

42Then he ^abrought me out into the ^bouter court, the way ^ctoward the north; and he brought me to the ^dchamber which was opposite the ^eseparate area and opposite the ^fbuilding toward the north. ²Along the length, which was ¹one ^ahundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. ³Opposite the ¹^,^atwenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the ^bpavement which belonged to the outer court, was ²^,^cgallery corresponding to ³gallery in three stories. ⁴Before the ^achambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of ¹one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. ⁵Now the upper chambers were ¹smaller because the ²^,^agalleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. ⁶For they were in ^athree stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were ¹set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. ⁷As for the ^aouter wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. ⁸For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was one ^ahundred cubits. ⁹Below these chambers was the ^aentrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court.

¹⁰In the ¹thickness of the ^awall of the court toward the east, facing the ^bseparate area and facing the building, there were ^cchambers. ¹¹The ^away in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their ¹arrangements and openings. ¹²Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the ^awall toward the east, as one enters them.

¹³Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the ^aseparate area, they are the ^bholy chambers where the priests who are ^cnear to Yahweh shall eat the ^dmost holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. ¹⁴“When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary ¹without ^alaying there their ^bgarments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall come near to that which is for the people.”

¹⁵Then he had finished measuring the inner house; he brought me out by the way of the ^agate which faced toward the east and measured it all around. ¹⁶He measured on the east ¹side with the measuring reed 500 reeds by the ^ameasuring reed. ¹⁷He measured on the north side 500 reeds by the measuring reed. ¹⁸On the south side he measured 500 reeds with the measuring reed. ¹⁹He turned to the west side and measured 500 reeds with the measuring reed. ²⁰He measured it ¹on the four sides; it had a ^awall all around, the ^blength 500 and the ^cwidth 500, to ^ddivide between the holy and the profane.